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| Front Row: Cokethea Hill, former Workforce Ombudsman Arletha Manlove, Anita Maltbia and Twana Hall-Scott. Back Row: Shontrice Patillo, Kourtney Woodbury, Jermain Whitmore and Anwar Jones. |
Meet the Green Impact Zone® Staff
Address:
4600 Paseo
Kansas City, MO 64110
(Enter the building from the south doors)
E-mail: greenimpactzone@marc.org
Phone: 816-936-8803
Anita Maltbia, Director
amaltbia@marc.org,
816-936-8801
Anita
Maltbia oversees the staff responsible for implementing and coordinating
a number of different initiatives in the zone; working with neighborhood leadership
to coordinate programs and outreach in the zone; building partnerships
with a wide range of stakeholders; and fiscal and program monitoring, evaluation
and reporting.
She brings to the position many years of management and community experience, including eight years as assistant city manager for the city of Kansas City, Mo. Her background in building effective relationships, designing and developing new programs and services, strategic planning, effective resource management, and effective communication will help her to work with the community to serve this distressed part of Kansas City.
Anita focuses on business development, infrastructure, energy and water.
Twana Hall-Scott, Assistant Director/Outreach Manager
tscott@marc.org, 816-936-8802
Twana
Hall-Scott
is the assistant director and outreach manager for the Green Impact
Zone. Twana will be responsible for facilitating the community outreach
process to residents and businesses within the Green Impact Zone. She is
a native of Kansas City who received a bachelor's degree in communications
and public relations from UMKC.
Twana served as the director of INROADS Kansas City for 17 years, facilitating partnerships with area corporations that provide career-related internships, training and development for area youth. Her background includes staff development, workforce training and development, housing rehabilitation, residential real estate sales, community outreach, and public relations.
She focuses on business development, infrastructure, energy and water.
Shontrice Patillo, Administrative Office Coordinator
spatillo@marc.org, 816-936-8810
Shontrice
Patillo, a Kansas City native, is the office administrator for
the Green Impact Zone.
She is a Rockhurst University alumna with a degree in organizational leadership and minors in industrial relations and paralegal studies. Shontrice is currently enrolled in Park University completing her master's degree in public administration.
She has spent the past eight years in the nonprofit sector working for the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, where she worked in Human Resources and the Executive Office.
At the Housing Authority, Shontrice purposed to cultivate relationships with the residents of Public Housing, Section Eight participants, and employees of the Housing Authority.
She enjoys working with people and looks forward to the opportunity to assist in carrying out the vision of the Green Impact Zone, to develop a sustainable community; one that is economically, and socially stronger tomorrow than it is today.
Cokethea Hill, Lead Field Ombudsman
chill@marc.org, 816-936-8807
Cokethea
Hill, lead community ombudsmen, is a native of Kansas
City. She is assigned to the Blue Hills Neighborhood Association and
the Blue Hills Community Services.
Cokethea recently worked for the city of Kansas City's Neighborhood and Community Services Division on the New Tools Initiative.
She has a master's degree in counseling psychology from Avila University and is currently a third-year doctoral student at the University of Kansas, studying educational leadership and policy with a minor in public administration.
Cokethea works with the Blue Hills Neighborhood Association and Blue Hills Community Services. Her primary focus is on data and housing.
Anwar Jones, Field-Based Community Ombudsman
ajones@marc.org, 816-936-8805
Anwar Jones, community ombudsman, is a native of Kansas City. He is assigned to the Historic Manheim Park neighborhood.
Anwar graduated from Florida A&M University with a master's degree in business administration. He returned to Kansas City in January 2010.
He is a resident of the Blue Hills neighborhood in the Green Impact Zone, having purchased his home in May 2010.
Anwar's focus areas are the Historic Manheim Park Neighborhood Association, urban agriculture, youth and public safety.
Jermain Whitmore, Administrative Assistant
jwhitmore@marc.org, 816-936-8803
Jermain Whitmore, administrative assistant, has been a Kansas City resident all of his life. Before working at the Green Impact Zone, he was a substitute teacher at many schools in the Kansas City area. He also worked at the Kansas City, Mo., School District as an accounting assistant.
He graduated from Rockhurst University with a bachelor’s of science and arts in finance and economics.
In his position, Jermain assists residents and other staff members in all areas.
Kourtney Woodbury, Field-Based Community Ombudsman
kwoodbury@marc.org, 816-936-8806
Kourtney Woodbury, community ombudsman, works with the Troostwood and Town Fork Creek neighborhoods. She is originally from Sioux City, Iowa, and grew up in Denver, Colo., but she now lives, works and plays in mid-town Kansas City, Mo.
Besides her work at the zone, Kourtney plays indoor soccer on a ragtag team of 30 and 40 somethings and is also a current board member of the Greater Kansas City American Society Public Administration (ASPA) Chapter.
Kourtney's focus areas are volunteer management, resource referrals, youth, energy and water, EnergyWorksKC, the Community Leadership Program, recycling and solid waste, the Citizen Police Academy and public safety.
